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CANTO: Horrendous, Machine Head, Teeth, and More

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

A couple more tough days, thankfully followed by a long weekend and short work week.

We’ll open with Machine Head. A track obviously taken from Of Kingdom and Crown, today they dropped a new video for “Arrows in Words from the Sky”. Apparently it’s a mobile-friendly aspect ratio, and since I spend a lot of working hours staring at my phone… I don’t hate it!
Teeth announced a run of Canadian dates in July and August, along with a fresh visualizer for “Drip”. Give that a watch here. That’s a track taken from their new EP, A Biblical Worship Of Violence, the vinyl of which will be available on July 21 through Nuclear Blast.
Pain and Ensiferum are touring together in October and November… in Europe. Alas. If you happen to be in that area of the world, here’s the full schedule. I’m jealous. Mostly for Pain.
End Reign, a project featuring current and former members of Pig Destroyer, Exhumed, All Out War, and more, are releasing their debut album on July 14. The Way of All Flesh is Decay will be out through Relapse Records, and you can check out “Desolate Fog” right here.
Holy crap we have new Horrendous to share. Their fifth studio album, Ontological Mysterium, will be released on August 18 through Season of Mist. Today they shared a visualizer for the title-track from that effort, which you should obviously check out below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Obituary, Predatory Void, Johnny The Boy, and More

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

It’s certainly gonna take a bit to recover from this past weekend.

Let’s open our week with Predatory Void. They unveiled a new video for “Funerary Vision”. That’s the final, epic 10-minute track from Seven Keys to the Discomfort of Being, which officially dropped last Friday through Century Media.
Black and roll trio Johnny The Boy, a project that features members of Crippled Black Phoenix, shared a new single titled “Druh”. A visualizer for that can be seen here. Their debut full-length will be released through Season of Mist on June 9.
Blackened thrash metallers Hellripper released Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags back in February through Peaceville. If you happened to miss that one, give the video for “Goat Vomit Nightmare” a glance here.
With tour dates on the horizon, starting in North America, Obituary dropped a new music video for the title-track from Dying of Everything. And that, my friends, is how we’ll end our Monday. Give it a watch below. Their latest album is out now through Relapse Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Rainbows in the Dark: Dorthia Cottrell — “Death Folk Country”

April 23, 2023April 22, 2023Angela BlockLeave a comment

Conjuring images of golden hour illuminated pine forests and vast tall grass fields in rural Virginia, Dorthia Cottrell explores her hometown and her own heart in this deeply personal release Death Folk Country. The album title perfectly captures the sound exuded within. Her rustic and melancholy vocals rise above simple acoustic guitar melodies, cymbal crescendos and decrescendos, organ tones, and strings. This curated sound draws listeners in to focus on the hypnotizing echoing vocal harmonies and poetic lyrics. Exploring themes of home and the mixed memories associated with it, this emotive album takes on a unique darkness and beauty that is not only heard but felt in each and every note.

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Initial Descent: April 16 – 22, 2023

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023JoshLeave a comment

Some of y’all’s responses to 72 Seasons have been hilarious. The funniest are these: “man I only listened to a minute and a half or so and had to turn it off.” I mean, for real?! LOL me off my chair. While I will admit that it would benefit from some trimming, this is the best version of Metallica we’ve had in…a while. But, whatever, just go back to your latest Jester Race clone and keep lapping that up. Anyway, we got another new list of metal and other things on the heavy spectrum for you and grind captains Birdflesh kick us off this week. Next up are Margarita Witch Cult (bad ass band name alert) with an all in but the kitchen sink approach to psychedelics, Grave Pleasures are back to prove why they are holding down the best goth band tag, and Dorthia Cottrell gives a damn class on how to do vary dark americana / folk / country / etc. And, as always, there’s many more in the list that follows these four. Happy hunting…

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CANTO: Immortal, Ne Obliviscaris, Marianas Rest, and More

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

My to-do list is getting aggressive, yet here I am doing hobby things.

Immortal (which is basically a Demonaz solo project these days) released a new single titled “War Against All”. That’s the title-track from the new album, set for a May 26 release through Nuclear Blast.
From there we’ll jump to Ne Obliviscaris and their new song and live video for “Misericorde I – As The Flesh Falls”. Somehow the release of Exul is only a couple of days away now, out through Season of Mist.
Dorthia Cottrell of Windhand is releasing her new solo album, Death Folk Country, on April 21 through Relapse Records, and today “Harvester” was unveiled. Give the new single a listen here.
Finnish melodic death and doom project Marianas Rest are releasing Auer on March 24 through Napalm Records. Today they revealed a video for a new single titled “Light Reveals Our Wounds”. This album is on my list for Friday. Casual FYI.
We’ll close with Lo! and the new video for “Rat King”. The Gleaners is officially out on April 7, only a couple of weeks away now, through Pelagic Records.